The mandates issued by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds to reopen Iowa schools during a national pandemic put students' teachers', and staff's lives at risk. 

Dubuque teachers, staff, parents, and community members petition the Dubuque Community School Board members and Superintendent Stan Rheingans to follow the lead of Des Moines Public School District's Superintendent in 1) delaying the start of the school year until after Labor Day, 2) starting the school year 100% virtually until Covid19 cases have significantly declined in our community, and 3) openly challenging the dangerous mandates from Governor Reynolds that put lives at risk.